
Sisterhood means recognizing the voices and experiences of all girls and women, not just the nondisabled ones! Dr. Anastasia Todd, from University of Kentucky, will address the importance of including disabled girls in discussions of girlhood. Instead of speaking on behalf of disabled girls, Dr. Todd starts by listening to disabled girls to better understand what matters to them. From YouTube to TikTok to GoFundMe, these girls “crip” girlhood by placing themselves and their disabilities front and center in new stories about the disabled U.S. American girl. Dr. Todd’s book, Cripping Girlhood, is available to read for free here. For more on identity-first language (e.g. “disabled girls”), read here and here.